Dell PRECISION 530 User Manual

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After installing a SCSI hard drive, Primary Drive 0 and Primary Drive

1 should be set to None in system setup if no EIDE hard drives are

installed. If you have any EIDE devices on the second EIDE channel,

such as a CD or tape drive, Secondary Drive 0 and/or Secondary Drive

1 should be set to Auto.

You may need to use programs other than those provided with the

operating system to partition and format SCSI hard drives. Refer to

the documentation that came with your SCSI software drivers for

information on installing the appropriate drivers and preparing your

SCSI hard drive for use.

SCSI Cables

Ultra 160/m and Ultra2/Wide LVD drives (typically hard drives) both use a
68-pin cable. One end of the cable attaches to the SCSI connector on the
system board or the SCSI controller card installed in your computer. The
remaining connectors on the cable attach to the various drives.

Narrow SCSI drives (optional SCSI cards such as tape drives, CD drives,
and some hard drives) use a 50-pin cable. One end of this cable attaches to
the SCSI controller card. The remaining connectors on the cable attach to
the various Narrow SCSI devices.

NOTICE:

Dell recommends that you use only SCSI cables purchased from

Dell. Cables purchased elsewhere are not guaranteed to work with Dell
computers.

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